<p>i'm a chemical E undergrad, and i've been getting more interested in the materials side of things (semiconductor fab mainly...) since it seems alot more exciting than the vanilla process engineering, stuff. However, my undergrad chemE cirriculum does not really cover mat sci/ semiconductor stuff, except for one intro matSci course as far as i know. I am aware that alot of chemE's go on to do matsci in grad school, but i've become a little confused as to some aspects of this. Firstly, since my program doesnt go too much into electronics, won't I be behind in electrical courses, and in semiconductor fab/etching/lithographu courses? The only thing related to matsci I would have covered would be thermo/heat and mass transfer/process engineering. Right now what interests me is working in semiconductor fabrication for a tech/silicon valley company, since it combines chemistry and technology. So, what I really want to know is, would I be able to land a job at one of these companies with a BS ChemE and MEng or MAsc Materals Science? I still find it odd that one could learn so much of the MatSci stuff in 1/2 years...</p>
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<p>Doing a MSE graduate program you’d probably have your first semester or two being entirely or mostly required classes that cover what an undergrad degree in MSE does, except in a bit more depth. You’ll learn about crystals, defects, thermo, phase diagrams, heat/mass transport (in a slightly different way than what you had in ChemE), and probably a mechanics class. Then your second year should be filled up with electives and things to help specialize your degree.</p>
<p>You might want to look through the course catalog at a few schools with large MSE programs to see what sort of classes you’ll have to take, and which you’d have the ability to take.</p>